Material Related to Leased Property and other Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included is: a list of properties belonging to the community, its annual revenue, names of tenants, and estimations on property tax; official lease contracts between tenants and owners signed by the head of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews; correspondence from Jewish community members to the Administrative Committee requesting leases, repairs, property taxes, a reward for guarding the community’s synagogues and burial sites; a letter to the Administrative Committee to appoint Heskell Isaac to be in charge of the Jewish community’s assets, schools, synagogues, Meir Elias Hospital Endowments and Ḥevrah Ḳadishah; a list of revenues and expenses for endowed schools belonging to the Jewish community for the fiscal year 1955-1956; a letter directed to Hakham Sassoon Khedouri requesting his signature on a list of miscellaneous expenses.
To the honorable Assets Committee Greetings and blessings, I the undersigned Menashe Ezra Salman Dalal submit this request before your honor regarding the rental of the shop located in the "Al-Hanani" market No. 21 which belongs to the holy community and I am ready to pay its annual rent in the amount of 12 Dinars and I ask your honor to accept this request of mine and many thanks. Menashe Ezra Salman Dalal
Serial Number :: Door Number :: 1/48 named 1/25 endowed and an adjacent shop 1/5 The Leased :: Café, an area, and an adjacent shop The contract was concluded between the Trustee of Endowments of the Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Jews (The Corporal Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad) hereinafter referred to as the Lessor and between ⟦Razzuqi al-Alawi⟧ hereinafter referred to as the Lessee on the following :- First - The Lessor has leased to the Lessee and the latter has leased from the Lessor after viewing and inspection the café, the area, and an adjacent shop located in Baghdad in the Al-Sinak neighborhood numbered 1/48 for use from the beginning of 1 / 4 / 1955 to the end of 30 / 3 / 1956 at a rental value of only nine hundred Dinars Second - The Lessor received from the Lessee only three hundred Dinars in cash, and as for the remaining six hundred Dinars the Lessee must pay it according to the promissory notes / installments whose amounts and due dates are written below 1 monthly installments 2 3 4 Third - If the Lessee delays the payment of any (installment) promissory note of the promissory notes written above upon its maturity the entire debt shall become accelerated and due for payment immediately, and the Lessor has the option to terminate this contract and lease the leased premises to others and the Lessee shall be liable for the difference in the rental value if a deficit occurs there, without the need to give a formal notice to the aforementioned Lessee. Fourth - The Lessee has the right to use the leased premises for the duration of the lease and does not have the right to lease it to others without written consent from the Lessor. At the end of the lease period, the Lessee is obliged to vacate the leased premises to the Lessor free of occupants, and if he delays in doing so he shall be obliged to pay for the period of delay a daily rent amount of without the need for a formal notice. Fifth - The Lessee undertakes to return the leased premises to the Lessor at the end of the contract safe from any damage or deficiency and to compensate him for all deficiencies and damages that occur in the leased premises in kind or in value. Sixth - The property tax shall be the responsibility of the Lessor, while the water, electricity, security, and cleaning fees are on the Lessee and he is obliged to pay them regularly. Seventh - The Lessee acknowledges that he has waived the right to request an oath from the Lessor regarding the admission of falsehood and other oaths related to this contract. Written in two copies, each party holding one copy in Baghdad on / / 195 Witness Witness The Lessee Trustee of Endowments Lessor (The Corporal Council)
Respected members of the committee, After greetings, The man named Muhammad Amin, son of Abdul-Zahra, attended and submitted a request to rent the turns known as Bayt Awi, Number 21 B, and we have ordered an inspection of it. As for the occupant, he is Hanshoush Joudeh, residing for free, and the tenant we found pays five dinars monthly, so we request from you instructions if you agree to its rental. To the Property Committee For kind review and to take necessary action on behalf of the Committee Chairman ⟦illegible⟧ Haskeel Rubin Investigation His Excellency the Chairman That the lease begins at five dinars per month provided that the house is handed over to him in clean condition, with a pledge to maintain its cleanliness. 2/7 The Secretary We receive from him into the mortgage account five dinars monthly according to the contract and its validity ⟦signature⟧ The Secretary I request his attendance at the department on next Sunday I hope he brings us which we charge to each of the owners and the rent value because at the present time with instructions on the following day 2/5
⟦illegible⟧ Dinar ⟦illegible⟧ 26 ⟦illegible⟧ 40 ⟦illegible⟧ 41 ⟦illegible⟧ 42 ⟦illegible⟧ 43 ⟦illegible⟧ 44 ⟦illegible⟧ 45 ⟦illegible⟧ 46 ⟦illegible⟧ 47 Total To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee This list was submitted today by the tax collector for the Shamash properties as these properties are indebted for a previous debt for the years 957 and 958 and since I did not receive any rent from these properties, and the accountant took them upon himself, and the rents for the three shops mentioned above their rent was received by the former Shaul Al-Kuwaiti, therefore we request your order to transfer its payment to the accountant Mr. Salim Abdullah because I did not receive a single fils from these properties The debt amounts to 118 Dinars Property Officer ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ for the administration of ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧